Meanings
adverbdistally (comparative more distally, superlative most distally)
comparative more distally · superlative most distally
- Towards a distal part.
The closest affinities of the Jubulaceae are with the Lejeuneaceae. The two families share in common: (a) elaters usually 1-spiral, trumpet-shaped and fixed to the capsule valves, distally[…]
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*staējō
- Proto-Italic*staēō
- Latinstō
- Latindistō
- Latindistāns
- Old Frenchdistant
- Middle Englishdistaunt
- Englishdistant
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishdistal
- Englishdistally
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with distally
anterodistallyapicodistallybuccodistallycaudodistallycrystallydorsodistallylaterodistallylinguodistallymediodistallymesiodistallyposterodistallyproximodistallysubdistallyventrodistally
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
distally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distally
MLA
“distally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distally. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “distally,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distally.
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